Lake Volvi
The Volvi Lake (Greek λίμνη Βόλβη spoken limni Volvi, .. Mazedon / bulgar name Бесичко Езеро spoken Besicko ežero ) is a natural lake in the region Mygdonien ( Mydonia ) in the Regional District Thessaloniki Administrative Region of Central Macedonia in northern Greece.
The water surface is at an altitude of 37 m above sea level, so 38 m lower than the adjacent to the west Koroneia lake. The Volvi lake is the Trichonida Lake is the second largest natural lake in Greece, with an area of 68.6 square kilometers. The depth is on average 13.5 and maximum 22.3 meters. Thus, the Volvi lake is already one of the deeper lakes in Greece. The water content of the lake is calculated to be 940 106 cubic meters. Even after the surface is the Volvi Lake is the second largest natural lake in Greece. Its water catchment area ( catchment area ) amounts to 1247 km ².
Due to its depth of Volvi Lakes has lower mean water temperatures than other Greek lakes. The mean water temperature amounts to 6.8 ° C, the maximum at 29 ° C. The Volvi lake is considered warm, monomiktischer lake. After hydro- biological criteria, the lake is meso-to eutrophic. The Volvi lake is the Koroneia lake, the lake with the second highest alkalinity in Greece.
The Volvi lake lies in a valley between the Chalkidiki peninsula and the Stratoniko - and Chortiatis massif in the south and the mountains of the Vertsikos and Kerdilio in the north. In the east, joins the lake the valley of Rendina on, to the west of the lake is separated by a headland from Koroneia lake. Years ago, approximately 1,000,000 Volvi and Koroneia waters served as a common large lake drained through the valley of Rendina east into the Gulf Strymonischer the Aegean. In the course of the two lakes were separated in the mygdonischen sink, and the drain dried up in the Aegean Sea.
South of the lake runs the National Road 2, north of the Sea Highway 2 ( Egnatia Odos ). Be because the two small villages Megali Volvi and Mikri Volvi. To the southwest lies the village Peristeronas. On the south shore lies the small town of Nea Apollonia, can be found in the vicinity of the remains of the ancient settlement of Apollonia. Next to this are the villages Kokkalou and Nea Maditos. The villages modes and Rendina lie on the east coast just before the valley of the same name. , The ancient settlement Bolbos (latin Bolbus ) was also located on the shores of Lake Volvi, their exact location, however, is currently not known.
The Volvi lake is also exposed as the lake Koroneia sedimentation processes, but this a much lesser extent. The isthmus between Koroneia Volvi Lake wins according to expansion increased. Tributaries of the lake are Olynthiakos and Ammites, the outflow of the lake in the Strymonic Gulf ( Aegean Sea ) has already been described by Thucydides, but not named. In accordance with the descriptions of Procopius there should be around the river Richios ( Ρήχιος ποταμός, Erechios, Latin. Rechius ) have acted.